Martyn

A couple of years ago I went on holiday to Sri Lanka and there were several sports channels on the tv’s in the hotels. All of them were Cricket. I think I have mentioned before that here in Memphis there is a very competitive Cricket League manned mainly by ex pat Indians. There is an Indian guy who I know fairly well (he owns the local liquor store) who has put his livelihood at risk, given the amount of business I do with him, because he will not let me play.

Just checked - good one

Crickey! England just scored I think i’ll stick to Ainsley serry because with a Bulwell i’ll have to show ID and they'll take my kids from me - thinking about it they can have 2 of em.

I just came back from lunch and as I was leaving the restaurant noticed the England v Tunisia game had just started. Will I have to adopt an American accent tomorrow to avoid embarrassment?

Katjay, that is my understanding as well. When I first started working in an office we used to have secretaries, file clerks and a bunch more administrative personnel. The job of Office Manager was a big deal. Then with PC’s the number of secretary’s halved, then with the internet, laptops, email and cell phones they have more or less disappeared along with all those administrative positions and office space. The result is that people like me now type and instead of letters we message everything along with attachments. Just this morning I was told that my son should write a proposal

Its the good life In the winter after snow we would sledge down the slag heaps over New Bridge by Radford Pit and in the summer would trolly down the embankment next to the railway by Western Boulevard bridge. Ian, After all that lead stripping have you had your blood checked

Whats the point of an unloaded weapon? To shoot someone by accident!

Phew, I thought for a minute it was the Royal Children

Being away, I’ve never watched Eastenders, but I see stuff in the British papers about it all the time. This is the guy who was the landlord of the pub?

Coq Au Vin P*** in Boots

He murdered someone?

Ian Whats that a picture of?

And you didn’t have to worry about being killed or take a mortgage out to get a ticket

In about 1990, I came back to London from New Jersey for a meeting and was staying at the Holiday Inn at Swiss Cottage. One night on my own in the bar just returned from dinner, a guy with an american accent was ordering some drinks. I asked where he was from, he said Jersey, told him I was, asked what he was doing here, he said he was in Chubby Checker’s backing group. I called him a liar, he took me over to the lounge part of the bar and there he was - Chubby Checker. I bought them all a round, which was reciprocated a few times and spent a couple of hours with him. Talked about the Beatles,

Just went on line and checked - the 1953 Reliant Regal was a convertible (got to get this picture thing down)

Ian When I first got married and first visited Ireland it was Holy Week and I would have to trapse around with my mother in law visiting relatives as many, as 4 different families a day for an entire week. I would sit there drinking tea, most were teetotal, and eating tinned ham salad or tinned pink salmon sandwiches. I had to overcome - “the shame of it, she married an Englishman. - Weren’t those nice respectable Irish boy’s good enough for her. - She always thought she was a cut above etc.” and let me tell you it took the full Martyn charm. It was also calving time and one night

I see Unicorns on that stuff

I think I remember Tim Dale and Michael Coombes but I must have been a few years younger than them. A lot of my mates went to Forest Fields but they would have started there in 61.

Uncle of mine who lived in Bakersfield had a Standard Vanguard the one with the round back. If I remember correctly it was a 3 sp shift on the steering column. We would go to Skeggy in it and have to stop in Newark, where he was originally from, to let it cool down and fill hop with water.

Gotya - too early for me You are right some owners were terrible, including some that should have known better. There was a huge loss of ships and their crews in the late 80’s and 90’s due to corrosion, particularly in tanker ballast tanks and on bulk carriers but not too much was done or heard about it. Its a awful thing to say but as the crews were mainly Philippino they apparently didn’t count as much. New regulations came out in the late 90’s and given all the stuff surrounding the Alaska Pipeline, Texas City and the Deepwater Horizon I believe things have improved.

Ian I didn’t get what you were saying here

A mate of mine married a bird from Clifton. They have been married for more than 45 years

Catfan When I was on leave I would go and pick up my Aunt and take her to the pictures and a Berni downtown. Used to have to have my passport stamped to get in and out of the Republic

I had an Aunt who lived in Clifton and she only moved out when my Uncle died. She wa in her 80’s and my Brother and I moved her to the British Legion managed flats in Bulwell. I always thought Clifton was a good place to live, until later reading about the gun violence and it being a no go area. That Centurion may have been on a dummy run.

I agree the regular 911 is a little boring, unlike the S, Turbo etc, but then you are getting into real money. I’ve looked at the F Type and it is not bad at all but once again you get into some serious money for the 550 hp. Over here the Corvette with the same 6.2 liter engine as my truck (0-60 in 3.7 sec) is the one I and my bank balance would like but my wife prefers the Porche. I used to have a CTSV, again with the 6.2 liter, 550 hp 8 speed and that was great and would get another one except I love my truck.